your MOTM from today...

[clarkie_ni]

nige and lescott shared.
micah a notable mention

nige was a warrior as per usual, won everything, and worked tirelessly when not in possession.
lescott won every header and seemed so composed on the ball.
micah gave 100% and deserved that goal.

 

[jay_mcfc]

Silva, Lescott, Yaya, Kolorov, Richards and Kompany to an extent all played well but no-one was particularly fantastic.

Absolutely tremendous header though so Richards gets it for that.

 

[taconinja]

Kolarov played much better today. Looked like he finally said fuck it and relaxed a bit.

 

[Dax777]

nige and lescott shared.
micah a notable mention

nige was a warrior as per usual, won everything, and worked tirelessly when not in possession.
lescott won every header and seemed so composed on the ball.
micah gave 100% and deserved that goal.

False. He slowed the game down when he was in posssession of the ball, and didn't do any work when we had possession. He was only good breaking up passes<br /><br />-- Sun Mar 13, 2011 1:52 pm --<br /><br />It was Yaya Toure for me, until Micah put his head to that ball.

Micah 8.5
Yaya 8
Silva 7.5

 

[LoveCity]

De Jong and Silva were excellent. Reading had NOTHING down the middle and it was largely thanks to Nigel, who broke up attacks 5-6 times like no one else in our team can do effectively.

Lescott was also very good again.

 

[Dax777]

De Jong and Silva were excellent. Reading had NOTHING down the middle and it was largely thanks to Nigel, who broke up attacks 5-6 times like no one else in our team can do effectively.

Lescott was also very good again.

DIdn't particularly like De Jong today. Thought he was the reason we moved the ball up so slowly. Micah, Yaya and Silva.

 

[taconinja]

Lescott was also very good again.

He did. Gave me a bit of a scare when he just watched the ball go past him to a Reading player on goal, but there are mistakes by every player in every game. I do wish he would be a little calmer on the ball when it's passed back to him, but maybe with time.

 

[Andouble]

NDJ really has no option but to slow the pace down when he is partnered with Vieira.

 

[LoveCity]

DIdn't particularly like De Jong today. Thought he was the reason we moved the ball up so slowly. Micah, Yaya and Silva.

He plays the Makelele role and shouldn't need to move the ball forward (he did make a couple of fine passes forward though). If Mancini wasn't so cautious and had a proper attacking midfielder in Vieira/Barry spot, this wouldn't be a problem. De Jong is doing what he specializes at perfectly, the other two midfielders should be creating more.

 

[taconinja]

NDJ really has no option but to slow the pace down when he is partnered with Vieira.

I think Vieira did a good job today.